February 2018
KIA Says Tatmadaw On the Offensive to Clear Economic Corridor
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | February 13, 2018 The Tatmadaw and Kachin Independence Organization/Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA) held a two-and-a-half hour meeting in the border town of Dali in China’s Yunnan Province [...]
Over 170 Displaced Residents from Kutkai Needs Food in Hseni
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | February 13, 2018 Over 170 displaced residents, fled from fighting in Kutkai Township, have taken shelter in Hseni (Theinni) Township, northern Shan State. The Amyotha [...]
Two Steps Closer to Peace? Mon, Lahu Ethnic Armed Groups Sign NCA
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | February 13, 2018 The New Mon State Party and Lahu Democratic Union signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on Tuesday, fulfilling a pledge that the two [...]
ANC not Certain to Sign NCA, Says Nai Han Thar
By Phanida / Mizzima | February 13, 2018 Despite speculation that three organizations of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) would sign Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), UNFC Chairman Nai Han Thar said that only two organizations were [...]
NLD Leaders Rally Ethnic Groups to Unite for Peace
Chan Thar / Myanmar Times | February 13, 2018 LEADERS of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) on Monday called on ethnic people and democracy advocates across the country to unite and work together [...]
Top UNFC Leaders Not Allowed to Meet State Counsellor Until After Signing NCA
By Soe Thu Aung / Mizzima | February 13, 2018 UNFC spokesman Tun Zaw told Mizzima that top leaders of United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) would not be allowed to meet the State Counsellor or Commander-in-Chief [...]
On Union Day, Ethnic Groups Say They Are Still Second-Class Citizens
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | February 12, 2018 Myanmar celebrates its 71st Union Day on Feb. 12. The holiday commemorates the day in 1947 on which ethnic leaders signed the Panglong Agreement with General [...]
Over 300 People Still Trapped in Kachin State’s Tanai
Network Media Group / BNI Online | February 9, 2018 Local residents said over 300 people are still trapped amid the fighting in the Kachin State’s Tanai area. Over 3,000 people were trapped amid the [...]
Leaked Records Say Tatmadaw Asked KIA to Abandon Bases
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | February 8, 2018 The Myanmar military asked the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at a meeting in China last week to withdraw from its bases in Kachin State’s Tanai [...]
All Amber Miners Trapped in Kachin Conflict Escape
By Soe Thu Aung / Mizzima | February 8, 2018 Kachin State Legislative Assembly, legislator Zaw Win from Tanai constituency said that almost all amber miners trapped in the conflict between the Tatmadaw (government’s military) [...]